After joking around with Gohan, everyone headed to the preliminary site, but they didn't expect that this preliminary would no longer be a mutual fight, but would use a punch power tester.
The top 15 values displayed after striking the punch power tester, plus Satan, would make up the 16 finalists, who would then fight in pairs.
After announcing the preliminary testing rules, the host shouted, "Now we invite Mr. Satan to take the test first."
Under everyone's gaze, Satan walked with an arrogant stride to the front of the tester, then struck a pose and began to gather his strength.
"Ha!" Satan shouted, and with a heavy punch, he struck, "bang" went the tester, and the numbers on it flashed wildly, finally settling on a value of 137!
Suddenly, the preliminary contestants around Satan all expressed their admiration and praise, with many competitors saying directly, "It looks like Mr. Satan will be the champion again this time."
After Satan finished his demonstration, the preliminaries officially began.
It was unclear whether it was because Satan was too strong, or if the many martial artists on Earth were too weak, but no one in front of them managed to hit a value higher than 137.
The highest value knocked out before John Doe and Eighteen was 112, followed by 97.
John Doe said, "Is the martial arts world on Earth so weak now? Krillin, you opened a martial arts dojo, right? Did any of your disciples enter this time?"
Krillin shook his head and said, "They were originally going to participate this year, but after I found out you were going to participate, I stopped them. There's no need to come over and be tortured. I'm afraid it will hurt their enthusiasm."
John Doe sighed and said, "Oh, I was hoping to spar with my nephew. It's a pity."
Krillin looked at John Doe with contempt and said, "I think you want to shake my disciples' confidence."
"Krillin, you're wrong about that. Think about it: if your disciples can stand up again from the shadow of fighting with us, their future achievements will definitely not be inferior to yours," John Doe argued sincerely.
No matter what John Doe said, Krillin didn't believe him.
Soon it was John Doe and Eighteen's turn, and Eighteen was the first to take a swing.
John Doe whispered to Eighteen, "Honey, go easy, don't break this thing."
Eighteen nodded at John Doe's words, swung her fist, and tapped it lightly, and the numbers on the tester flashed wildly, finally settling on a value of 770!
Such a high value startled the staff on site, and the recorder apologized to Eighteen, "Sorry, ma'am, I think our tester is broken. Please wait a moment while we check the instrument."
John Doe quickly whispered to Eighteen, "Honey, go easier, you're too strong."
Eighteen said impatiently, "Shut up, if you keep nagging, I'll break this thing."
Upon Eighteen's words, John Doe immediately kept quiet, because he knew that Eighteen would do as she said.
Was the instrument broken? Of course not, so the staff naturally couldn't find any problems, and so the recorder said to Eighteen again, "Okay, ma'am, you can start now. Please use all your strength."
Upon hearing the recorder's words, John Doe almost jumped out to block his mouth. He had finally gotten Eighteen to go easy, and now the recorder was telling her to use all her strength.
Fortunately, Eighteen didn't really listen to the recorder, and still tried to control her strength, tapping the instrument lightly, and the final result was 234!
Still a terrifying value, the recorder didn't believe that such a delicate woman could hit such a value, but the result was the result, and the recorder had no choice but to accept it.
Next was John Doe, who also tapped lightly, and the result was 191. Hmm, he controlled his strength a little better than Eighteen.
Then came Goku, Piccolo, and Krillin, and each person's value also fluctuated between 200 and 300.
Looking at these values, even though the staff checked the instrument and couldn't find anything wrong with it, they still insisted that the instrument was broken. Was it really possible that so many people were stronger than Mr. Satan? Impossible.
Just as Vegeta was about to take the test, the staff apologized, "Sorry, please wait a moment. This instrument must be broken. We need to replace it with a new one for everyone to test."
Vegeta heard that he had to wait, and this was impossible. If they were going to replace it, he would help them.
Vegeta roared, "Get out of the way!" and then walked to the front of the tester and struck out with a punch.
After the "boom" came the "bang", and the punch power tester was shattered by Vegeta's strike, and the fragments collided with the wall behind it.
The immense power startled everyone in the room, and Videl's eyes almost popped out of her head.
The tester was destroyed, so the remaining contestants could only wait for a new tester to be installed, including Goku and Videl.
Goku said to Gohan, "Gohan, you and Videl stay here and wait. We're going to watch the junior division. After you pass the preliminaries, come and meet up with us."
"Okay, Dad!" Gohan replied.
Krillin continued to joke, "Gohan, take this opportunity, this is a rare chance for the two of you."
After Krillin's joke, Gohan could only wave his hands in denial, indicating that it wasn't what they thought.
John Doe and Eighteen went to the contestant viewing area, but there were only a few people there. Most of the contestants hadn't come to watch, and instead the audience seats were full, with everyone cheering on the children fighting on the stage.
Watching these children fight, everyone was bored, because these participating children had no moves or tactics, and the only ones worth watching were Trunks, Goten, and Pan.
Unfortunately, their opponents were too weak, and they basically defeated their opponents in one move. The whole scene was uninteresting and boring.
Until the junior division was whittled down to the last four, three of whom were Trunks, Goten, and Pan, which meant that in the upcoming 4-2 match, there would be a civil war between the three brothers.
Who would it be? The result came out, and Trunks' opponent was an ordinary child, so the first match everyone would see would be Pan vs. Goten.
As Pan and Goten stepped onto the stage, everyone suddenly became interested, and cheered loudly for the two of them. Gohan and Videl had also passed the preliminaries and rushed over.